Ron Von der Porten

Ronald P. "Ron" Von der Porten (born 1936) is an American bridge player from Orinda, California.^[1]

Books

• Introduction to Defensive Bidding (Prentice-Hall, 1967), 151 pp.
• Introduction to Competitive Bidding, Charles Goren and Von der Porten (Doubleday, 1984), 179 pp.

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

• North American Bridge Championships (6)
  • Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1986 ^[2]
  • Grand National Teams (1) 1982 ^[3]
  • Vanderbilt (1) 1967 ^[4]
  • Reisinger (1) 1962 ^[5]
  • Spingold (2) 1975, 1980 ^[6]

Runners-up

• Bermuda Bowl (2) 1962, 1977
• North American Bridge Championships
  • Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1984 ^[7]
  • Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1965 ^[2]
  • Vanderbilt (3) 1961, 1963, 1971 ^[4]
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1970 ^[8]